BFN

How did you route the cable between the alt and the battery? Been thinking of doing this myself because my car eats alt's. Looking at the wires it seems to me that the positive cable from the alt goes trough the fusible links, and to the battery. Could i just replace that cable, except going straight to the battery from the alt? Or are there other stuff that requires the cable to go through the fusible links? Thanks in advance BFN BTW My car is an 86 MPFI EA82, 3door coupe

Hello I tried looking this up with the search function, but didn't quite find what I was looking for. So maybe some of you could help. I have an 86 EA82 N/A MPFI 3 door coupe, which resently started leaking fuel. I'm going to replace the fuel tank, but I wonder if there are any differences in the tank regarding MPFI, SPFI, carb? Do I need a special MPFI tank? I've assumed all EA82's have the same tank. Also my idiot lights are shining bright and clear, except for the oil and ECM. I've learned this is usually caused by the diodes in the alt going bad. Are there any other posibilities? Thanks for all help on this, and previous matters BFN

Thanks for all the replies If I've understood all of you right the diodes are bad, and my alt will not give propriate amps. It will also give AC instead of DC? Could a 15 min trip do any major harm? My home is about 15 mins from here and I would like to have the car in a garage before I work on it because it's raining/snowing outside BFN

Oh! Sorry about the lack of info. It's an 86 ea82 mpfi non turbo. BFN

Hi! As I was cruising down the highway both the chargelamp, brakefluidlamp and stoplightlamp came on. I've noticed that they've been glowing when my car is ideling lately, but now they won't come off at all. I've assumed that the glowing in the lamps are caused by failing diodes in my alt. But I still read a good 13,5 volts on my meter. Even after the lamps have come on permanently. Is it the alt? Or could it be anything else? I'm kind of hoping I will be able to drive home from dinner tonight. All thoughts are appreciated BFN